Openings/French Defense
French Defense: Winawer Variation, Positional Variation C19
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. a4 Nbc6 8. Nf3 Qa5 9. Qd2
41 tournament games from this position · White wins 27%, draws 39%, Black wins 34%
Moves
| Move | Games | White · Draw · Black | Elo | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bd7 | 21 | 24% 29% 48% | 2280 | 2025 |
| cxd4 | 9 | 33% 44% 22% | 2294 | 2024 |
| b6 | 5 | 60% 20% 20% | 2205 | 2025 |
| f6 | 4 | 100% | 2268 | 2025 |
| c4 | 1 | 100% | 2275 | 2014 |
| O-O | 1 | 100% | 1892 | 2014 |
Top games
| Gabrielian, A2579–Ganguly, S2626 | 0-1 | Aeroflot Open Rapid Qualifier 2013 | 2013 |
| Potapov, P2516–Kryakvin, D2588 | 0-1 | 15th Moscow Open A 2019 | 2019 |
| Kosteniuk, A2555–Apicella, M2513 | 0-1 | TCh-FRA Top 12 2018 | 2018 |
| Kosteniuk, A2532–Harika, D2471 | ½-½ | 1st Cairns Cup 2019 | 2019 |
| Borkowski, F2322–Socko, B2617 | 0-1 | European Rapid 2014 | 2014 |
| Escobar Forero, A2477–Sanchez L, S2405 | ½-½ | Battle of Boyaca 200 Open | 2019 |
| Tatar Kis, S2337–Korpa, B2544 | ½-½ | TCh-HUN 2023-24 | 2024 |
| Schmaltz, R2519–Spornberger, M2347 | 1-0 | 19th Neckar Open 2015 | 2015 |
| Grund, H2426–Greet, A2426 | 0-1 | 4NCL 2013-14 | 2014 |
| Motylev, A2577–Hamidov, Allahverdi2247 | 1-0 | 24th ch-EUR Indiv 2024 | 2024 |
French Defense variations
French DefenseC00Banzai-Leong GambitC00Horwitz AttackC00King's Indian AttackC00La Bourdonnais VariationC00Normal VariationC00Réti-Spielmann AttackC00Steiner VariationC00Steinitz AttackC00Bird InvitationC00Chigorin VariationC00Knight VariationC00Queen's KnightC00French DefenseC00Baeuerle GambitC00Franco-Hiva GambitC00Franco-Sicilian DefenseC00King's Indian Attack, Franco-Hiva GambitC00St. George DefenseC00Knight Variation, Franco-Hiva GambitC00Mediterranean DefenseC00Diemer-Duhm GambitC00St. George Defense, Three Pawn AttackC00Advance VariationC02